Jose Aldo believes he won every round against Moraes, eyes Cejudo fight in Brazil
Jose Aldo believes he won his UFC bantamweight debut and should have swept the scorecards. Yet, the Brazilian lost by split-decision to Marlon Moraes at UFC 245.
Aldo says Moraes was scared to fight and was running around the entire fight. So, he isn’t sure why the judges thought he won.
“He had some good 30 seconds in the beginning of the first round, a great start, and after that I dominated him,” Aldo told MMA Fighting. “I almost knocked him out with two combos, he got dizzy and closed the distance, I lost balance and ended up on bottom on the ground, but he only had 10 seconds left and did nothing. Everybody thinks he won the first round, but I can’t see that.
“Rounds two and three were clear for me. I was the only one landing in the second. And, walked forward the entire time in the third, landing jabs and answering everything he tried to do. I don’t know how I lost this fight. I don’t know how anyone saw him winning, I think I won all rounds, I respect Marlon, but I can’t see this result.”
Not only that, but Jose Aldo thought Bruce Buffer read something wrong as he couldn’t believe he had lost the fight.
“We celebrated it as a win as soon as the third round was over,” Aldo said. “It’s so frustrating. You go on a diet, you do everything you have to do and this happens. You think about giving up, you think a million things.
“I knew I would win before it was over. When someone yelled there was a minute left I thought, ‘I won.’ (Moraes) has his history, but he ran from the fight. I could hear Anderson (Franca, Moraes’ muay thai coach) asking him to throw combinations, kicks, punches, to do something, and he did nothing. He just tried to throw something to keep me away from him, you know?
“He was scared, his eyes were different. The guy didn’t want to fight. Fans were booing and I was putting pressure the entire time. I don’t know how they came up with that result. I’m the most honest guy in the world. If I think I lost, like the (Alexander) Volkanovski fight, I’ll say I lost. But I don’t think I lost this fight.”
Henry Cejudo thought Aldo had won and Dana White evens said they may do Aldo-Cejudo next. If they do indeed do that, the former featherweight king wants the scrap to be in Brazil.
“If it’s in March or May, it doesn’t matter to me,” Aldo said. “I just want him to sign the contract so we can fight. I’ll start my diet and do whatever it takes.”
